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Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in its modern form.
Christian feast days: Margaret Marie Alacoque (in Canada, moved from Oct. 16)
Paul of the Cross was an Italian Catholic mystic, and founder of the Passionists.
Christian feast days: Paul of the Cross (in USA, moved from Oct. 19)
Maria Bertilla Boscardin was an Italian nun and nurse who displayed a pronounced devotion to duty in working with sick children and victims of the air raids of World War I. She was…
Christian feast days: Maria Bertilla Boscardin
Mater Admirabilis is a fresco depicting the Virgin Mary, in the monastery of the Trinità dei Monti, in Rome. It was painted in 1844 by a young French artist, Pauline Perdrau, and h…
Christian feast days: Mater Admirabilis
October 19 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 21
Christian feast days: October 20 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Arbor Day is a secular day of observance in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. Today, many countries observe such a holiday. Though usually observed in the…
Arbor Day (Czech Republic)
Heroes' Day or National Heroes' Day may refer to a number of commemorations of national heroes in different countries and territories. It is often held on the birthday, or the deat…
Heroes' Day (Kenya)
This is a list of public holidays in Guatemala.
Revolution Day (Guatemala), one of the two Patriotic Days (Guatemala)
Public holidays in Vietnam are days when workers get the day off work. Prior to 2007, Vietnamese workers observed 8 days of public holiday a year, among the lowest in the region. O…
Vietnamese Women's Day (Vietnam)
World Osteoporosis Day is observed annually on 20 October, and launches a year-long campaign dedicated to raising global awareness of bone health, and of the prevention, diagnosis …
World Osteoporosis Day
World Statistics Day is an international day to celebrate statistics. Created by the United Nations Statistical Commission, it was first celebrated on 20 October 2010, 20-10-2010. …
World Statistics Day
Kyriakos the Anchorite was a Greek Christian monk and saint.
Christian feast day: Cyriacus the Anchorite
Beatification is an act by which the Catholic Church formally recognizes that a deceased member of the faithful is believed to have entered Heaven and is capable of interceding on …
Christian feast day: Blessed Francesc de Paula Castelló Aleu
Guillaume Courtet, O.P. (1589–1637) was a French Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and missionary. One of the first Frenchman to have visited Japan, he died as a martyr by beheadin…
Christian feast day: Guillaume Courtet
John of Dukla is a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He is one of the patron saints of Poland and Lithuania.
Christian feast day: John of Dukla
René Goupil,, was a French Jesuit lay missionary who became a lay brother of the Society of Jesus shortly before his death. He was the first of the eight North American Martyrs of …
Christian feast day: René Goupil
Beatification is an act by which the Catholic Church formally recognizes that a deceased member of the faithful is believed to have entered Heaven and is capable of interceding on …
Christian feast day: Blessed Federico Albert
Ambrósio Francisco Ferro was a Portuguese priest from the Azores and martyr of the Catholic Church.
Christian feast day: Ambrósio Francisco Ferro
Aurea of Paris, venerated as Saint Aurea of Paris, was an abbess of Saint Martial in Paris in the seventh century. Dagobert I and Clovis II ruled at the time. Her feast day before…
Christian feast day: Aurea of Paris
Beatification is an act by which the Catholic Church formally recognizes that a deceased member of the faithful is believed to have entered Heaven and is capable of interceding on …
Christian feast day: Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos
St. Charitina of Amisus was a virgin martyr from Asia Minor, distinguished by strict chastity and piety. Charitina spent her life in fasting, prayer and study. By her example she c…
Christian feast day: Charitina of Amisus
Fleur of Issendolus, also known as Fleur of Beaulieu, Sainte Fleur, Saint Flora or Flora of Beaulieu, was a French Hospitaller nun at Hôpital-Beaulieu in Issendolus, in the former …
Christian feast day: Flora of Beaulieu
Bartolo Longo, TOSD was an Italian lawyer and former Satanic priest who returned to the Catholic faith and became a Dominican tertiary, dedicating his life to the rosary and the Vi…
Christian feast day: Bartolo Longo
Beatification is an act by which the Catholic Church formally recognizes that a deceased member of the faithful is believed to have entered Heaven and is capable of interceding on …
Christian feast day: Blessed William Hartley